Grace Slick is my favorite female vocalist. "White Rabbit" is fantastic, as are most of her other songs.

"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it." - A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

For men, Sam Cooke. I honestly don't think we will ever see his equal. Spending adequate time truly listening to the man's vocal phrasings has the consequence of making other singers seem like they're just reciting verse.

Females; Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Etta James. Aretha's voice will actually grab a hold of any other woman's voice and beat the shit out of it.

James Durbin, from American Idol. I know it sounds juvenile, but his range was phenomenal. When he sang a duet with Scotty, he didn't over sing him to make himself sound better. That was a real manly thing to do.

I loved the way he took old songs and made them new, and made them his own.

I plan to buy all his music and try to see him in concert. To heck with the last one standing.